Stop and Start Website on IIS

whourdady
25th March 2010 22:06 UTC

Stop and Start Website on IIS
I am trying to stop and start the website for my web service so that after the install the correct version is running on IIS.

msroboto
26th March 2010 06:01 UTC

cscript %WinDir%\System32\iisweb.vbs /stop "%WebServer%"

cscript %WinDir%\System32\iisweb.vbs /start "%WebServer%"

there might be another way but if you want to stop one web server this is it

whourdady
26th March 2010 15:47 UTC

Thank your for helping, this worked

Rovastar
30th March 2010 01:50 UTC

Rather start and stop the web server you may find it better to start and stop teh site

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/pro....mspx?mfr=true

For IIS 6.0

msroboto
1st April 2010 05:37 UTC

The code I sent him does stop the site.

There may be other ways for sure but that's what that does.

Rovastar
4th April 2010 02:36 UTC

I was just pointing out that that will stop the web server service rather than a specfic site which the OP indicted he needed.

whourdady
4th May 2010 15:42 UTC

Ok I am having problems running this inside of the installer in cmd prompt this works

iisweb /stop WebService

code in nullsoft is

ExecWait '"cscript" iisweb.vbs /stop WebService'

ive also tried

ExecWait '"cscript" %WinDir%\System32\iisweb.vbs /stop "WebService"'

any help is appreciated

whourdady
4th May 2010 16:08 UTC

Ok I have changed the code to

PUSH $R0
ReadEnvStr $R0 "COMSPEC"
ExecWait '$R0 /C "iisweb.vbs /stop WebService"'

but when i put

ExecWait '$R0 /C cscript "iisweb.vbs /stop WebService"'

it does not work correctly

Afrow UK
4th May 2010 16:59 UTC

Try:
ExecWait '"$R0" /C cscript iisweb.vbs /stop WebService'

Also if you use /K instead of /C the command window will stay open so you can see any issues.

Stu

whourdady
4th May 2010 17:14 UTC

hey Afrow,

with ExecWait '"$R0" /C cscript iisweb.vbs /stop WebService'

the command window does not even open

whourdady
4th May 2010 17:20 UTC

ExecWait '$R0 /K cscript "iisweb.vbs /stop WebService"'

Ok the error i receive with this is

Input Error: There is no file extension in C:\iisweb.vbs \stop WebService

Afrow UK
4th May 2010 17:33 UTC

Originally posted by whourdady
hey Afrow,

with ExecWait '"$R0" /C cscript iisweb.vbs /stop WebService'

the command window does not even open

It probably does but disappears before you see it. You need those quotes in case the path to cmd.exe contains spaces (it never should but you never know). Does using a full path to the VBS (in quotes) work?

e.g.

ExecWait `"$R0" /C cscript "C:\some\iisweb.vbs" /stop WebService`

Edit: Everything after the /C is what you'd type in command prompt itself. If it doesn't work in command prompt then don't expect it to work on the command line either.

Stu

whourdady
4th May 2010 17:42 UTC

you are right, I just got it working as you posted it.

ExecWait '$R0 /C cscript "%WinDir%\System32\iisweb.vbs" /stop WebService'

I could not have gotten this without your help thanks Afrow UK

Afrow UK
4th May 2010 18:09 UTC

You should use $SYSDIR\iisweb.vbs rather than that path.

Stu